Diner (2019 film)

Diner
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMika Ninagawa
Written byYumeaki Hirayama
Based onDiner
2009 novel
by Yumeaki Hirayama
Produced byMorio Amagi
Takuya Itô
Mitsuru Uda
StarringTatsuya Fujiwara
Tina Tamashiro
CinematographyDaisuke Sôma
Edited byHiroaki Morishita
Music byShinichi Osawa
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • June 2019 (2019-06) (SIFF)
  • July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05) (Japan)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Diner (Japanese: ダイナー) is a 2019 Japanese crime film directed by Mika Ninagawa and written by Yumeaki Hirayama, based on a novel by Hirayama and a subsequent manga series by Takanori Kawai.[1][2] The film stars Tina Tamashiro as Kanako, a young woman who is hired as a waitress at a restaurant owned by chef and former hitman Bombero (Tatsuya Fujiwara) that caters exclusively to professional killers.[2]

Diner premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival in China in June 2019,[1] and was released in Japan on 5 July 2019.[2][3][4]

Plot

Cast

Critical reception

In a review of the film published by The Hollywood Reporter, it is written that "The entertainment quotient is high and should hit the outré spot with local teen audiences and manga addicts in general."[1] Mark Schilling of The Japan Times gave the film a score of two-and-a-half out of five stars, writing that its visuals are "in the service of a thin story", and concluding: "A bacchanalia of the senses that threatens to end in stupefaction and silliness, Diner becomes a cracked ode to feminine power."[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "'Diner': Film Review | Shanghai 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Schilling, Mark (3 July 2019). "'Diner': Maybe find another place to eat". The Japan Times. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ "窪田正孝、斎藤工、小栗旬らが殺し屋に 藤原竜也主演×蜷川実花監督『Diner ダイナー』特報公開". Real Sound. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. ^ "武田真治、筋肉自慢の荒れ狂う殺し屋に 映画『Diner ダイナー』で魅せた"珍境地"". Oricon News. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020.